Drier for photographic plates.



G. M. MOGNI.

DRIER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIO PLATES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1010.

1,071,943. Patented Sept.2,1913.

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DRIER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.27,1910.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

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DRIEEFORPHOTOGBAPHIC PLATES.

Sp'eciflc'ationof Letters Patent. Application filed April: 27,

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

1910. Serial inc 552,853..

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known thatl; Oneness MaMoem, aucitizen: of the United States, residing at- New York, in; the county ofrNewuYonktamd State of New York',=haveiinvented new and useful Improvements in- Driers -forrPhotographic:Plates; of which :the'followingx is a: specifioatiomv My. invention relates. to driers, andrmore especially-std that class. of idDlQlS' adapted to bei-used in the airt'of photography forrdrye ing hotographic platesat'ten theprocem of I deve opment has taken place.

Mydnventionhas foriitsobjectnto rovidei a-drying machine which may be 'easilyandz cheaply A constructcdcbnt wluclrat the same. time, shall beetficientein operationand-e os'n. tivez-in. actioni.

Wibhi the foregoing-and: other-objects in view, myinvention consists-0f suohwdetails of 'construction:andiarrangement and .combination. of partsas will loo-hereinafter more fully described land fspecificalliy set! forth: in the .appendedclaims.

Inrdesoribing'my: invention lnJdtBl-d 1'ef' erenoe will: behadi to the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters: denote liikeor. corresponding parts throughout the several-views,- and m whichz- Figure-1 is a .viewi in sideelevation ct: my invention-,: Fig.- 2 is a view .inelevation. o ne endfiof my invention Figs 3:.is a: sectional:view-.taken-on: theline A)A'\0f- Fl 1, Fig-.14 is a. sectional detail view." taken: on the'line H'Bof :Fig; 3 and l ige Bis adetail View in: perspective of i the axle. 4 which! E re-a tains the drying racks of my device lnacarrying my inventioninto practice, I first construct a frame work, onerend: of which consists of two uprights-liwhich are erected upon a base membenQz. The-opposite end of the machine comprises two uprights-3 of=less length WhlGll:-3I B=8I'6Qt6d-- upon a base member 4 similar to the mom her 2. The uprights or standards l-andw3- are connected together in pairs by means of sills 5 and 6 respectively, and other sills 7 rest upon the sills 5 and 6 and extend from the upri 'hts 1 to the uprights 3 thus forming a bed for the hangers 8 in which is journaled a shaft 9. Located centrally of the shaft 9 I provide an enlarged portion 10 having a plurality of op ositely located longitudinal slots '11 therein, at each end of which I preferably form holes 12 adapted toir-emovablyxreceive rods-13ml? such length as-is adapted to receiveithe width-of a photegraphic plate: Theinner sides of the rods 13 -t'llfil pnovided with vlongitudinal slots 14, which-togetherrwith one of. the slots ll'in the axler9', forinsz-asgrooved rock which is adapted. tonrcceivea photographic plate of standard size; Itwill: bereadily appreciated that byiincreasing ormlecreasing-the length ofrzthecslote -in':the-.member 10,- and by adjustingsthei-length of: the rods 13, plates of various sizesimay beiinserted inrmy machine.

In ondentos hold the platesin place and prevent them from brcakagedueito centrifugal; Lfomemndalso-to obviatethe probability ofwdusttsettling upon the plates, I 1 provide a cylindrical: casing. 15 'which'is made in two sections hinged together ch16 on one side, one of saidisections being provided with a suitable latch ODICflilCh-Jj? adapted to firmly grasp ta: co-actin member upon the other section; This-casing that: it maybe disposed around the: enlarged.:.port-ion-. 10- ofthe shaft 9; in such manner; that :when the catch is enga casing will be securely held from inc cpcndentirotationiofzits frictional contact-.w-ith said portionrllln It is also advisablc to pro vide some means to prevent movement'ot saidicasing longitudinally of tho shaft 9, and innthewdrawings- I have shown collars onvangulor tlanges18 formed on said shaft and disposed immediatelyoutside=ot the opposite endsofsaidncasing; ltiwill be-um derstood-that any other suitable; mechanical expedient unay fibe resorted tO"fOr accomplishing this same results.

Mounted uponuand extended through the end ot'nthe shatt'tlis inpulley ltlby which the dryingcportion. of: my invention may be operated;.:tronna suitable soucce'oii powerz' I desire it to be understood that any source of power may; beemployed. SllGlly for. instance, ts-a water motor or electric motor. Howover inpractice I find hand power to be very satisfactory, invention and enables me to place it upon the market at a low initial cost, I have shown a suitable driving mechanism for my machine. This driving mechanism comprises a shaft 20 journaled near the upper ends of the uprights or standards 1, said shaft having fixed thereon a cog wheel or sprocket 21 and being provided with a handle 29 of usual construction. A second is of such construction ed the and as it greatly simplifies my costs little to manufacture.

Shaft 23 is journa -led in' proximity zi shaft 20 itIld lS provided with a pinion 24 so disposed as to mesh with the wheel 21, Fixed upon the outer end of the shaft'23 is a pulley 25 similar to t-he pulleyltl, but

It will be understood, of course, that this" device is primarily designed'to dry the film on plates, and that, after washing, surplus moisture is first allowed to drip ed the plates before they are inserted in the machine, but.

it will be readily appreciated that plates just washed may be inserted in the drier by pro; viding any suitable means for drawingofi, or preventing the accumulation, along the edges of the plates, of the surplus moisture which will be thrown outward during the operation of the machine. As this feature forms no part of my present invention it has not been illustrated.

From the foregoing it will beseen that I have provided a very simple drying device which may be easily operated and which In practice I have found it to be very eflicient.

I desire it to be understood that slight changes in construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts may be resorted to without deviating from the spirit of my invention provided such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims. I

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A drier tor photographic plates comprising a frame, an axle journaled thereon, means to rotate said axle, racks extending radially from said axle, a casing mounted to rotate with said axle and to inclose said racks, said casing comprising a plurality of sections hinged to each other, and means to fasten'said sections together.

2. A drier for photographic plates, comprising a frame, an axle journaled thereon, means to rot-ate said axle, a perforated cas ing mounted on said axle to rotate therepulleys 19 and 25 may larged portion.

neaaeea h, a me astas s interw said casin I A drier comprising a framadfinaxle -55.

journaled thereon, means to rotate said axle, a casin ,con i'prising a plurality of sections, means o removably mount said casing on said axl of 'said'casing.

45K drier comprising a frame, an axle and article support. means interior,

journaled thereon, a casing mounted on said axle, said casing comprlsing a'plurality. of?

sectionshinged to each other, means to positiongsaid casing on said axle, and article support means mountedon said axle and located interior of said casmg.-'

5. A drier for photographicplates comprising a frame; an axle journaled thereomj j a casing mounted on said axle tosrotatel l flovesgtherein Y therewith, rods extendingdownwardly from saidaxle, said rods having providing means forretalnmg the 'plates,fi

and means to rotate said axle.

6. A drier for photographicplates comprising a frame, an'axle journaled" thereon,

said axle having grooves extending longitudinally thereof,rods extending ,outward from said axle, said rods having "coves co inciding with the grooves in sai axle,.said grooves forming-a rack adapted to receive the plate, andfmeans for rotating said'axle;

7. A drier forphotographic, plates come prising a frame,.an. axle journaledthereon,

means carried bysaidaxle for holdingthe' plates, a casing frictionallyheld on saidaxle, said casing adapted tosretain said plates in said axle.

8; A drier comprising a frame, an axle journaled'thereon, an enlarged portion on said axle having enlarged spaced apart portions. thereon, a casing comprising hinged sections mounted onsaid first enlarged por,

tion intermediate the spaced a art' enlarged portions, fastening means for t e casing sections, and article supporting-means interior of the casing projectlngfrom the first en-' ans M; oeNi.

position, and means for: rotating;- 

